Astros place Yordan Alvarez (oblique) on injured list
The Houston Astros placed outfielder/designated hitter Yordan Alvarez on the 10-day injured list Friday with right oblique discomfort.
Alvarez was removed from Thursday's game with an oblique issue and it remains to be seen how much time he will miss. Yainer Diaz will cover DH duty and hit eighth in Friday's series opener against left-hander Logan Allen and the Cleveland Guardians. Mauricio Dubon will start in left field and bat leadoff.
numberFire’s models project Diaz ($2,600) for 8.0 and Dubon ($2,800) for 8.7 FanDuel points on Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Astros' implied total is 4.02 and the game total is 8.0. Allen has a strong 2.76 ERA, but his 4.30 xERA and 3.93 SIERA suggest it may be misleading. He also has a 23.9% strikeout rate and 6.6% walk rate.
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